Brain Scan Radiation
The Radiation Boom - After Stroke Scans, Patients Face Serious Health Risks - NYTimes.com: "Other patients getting the procedure, called a CT brain perfusion scan, were being overdosed, too - 37 of them just up the freeway at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, 269 more at the renowned Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and dozens more at a hospital in Huntsville, Ala."
When I faced prostate treatment I chose robotic surgery over extended radiation treatment. The very word radiation bothers me. The findings in this brain scan story are a compelling reason to approach radiation treatment with excessive caution. ODs. Come on. I shall shut my mouth now.
Brain Scan Radiation ODs A Serious Health Risk Several instances of radiation overdoses connected to brain scans dictate a need for a close look at what is clearly a risky procedure.
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